Damien Rice lines up alongside U2, REM, Coldplay, Pear Jam, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Sting and Avril Lavigne on a benefit album for the imprisoned Burmese peace activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

Due on October 26, For A Lady will feature a live version of the Bush-baiting song Rice wrote with Christy Moore, 'Lonely Soldier'.

Meanwhile, French filmmaker Ryan Le Garrec is making an, if you will, rockumentary about Damo and his band which he's hoping to complete early next year. Keen to go back to the pre-O days, Le Garrec is appealing for fans with rare photos, recordings and video footage to contact him via-DRM, P.O. Box 9413, Dublin 16. For the full lowdown go to www.damienrice.com/news.html